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Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, currently when it comes to charting and whatnot around mental health issues faced by residents who are engaged in our facilities such as Stanton or our others, we are using paper forms at this point in time. We need to move away from paper.
There was a review done by an expert panel that indicated that we need to really move forward and have an electronic record system here to focus on this particular area. There are a number of options that we need to explore. We do have electronic medical records, and it is in this budget as well that we are rolling out. We...
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, we are not changing the scope of programming within the new hospital, and we are not anticipating to see a decrease in the number of jobs. The nature of some of the jobs will certainly change as a result of this renewal. When you go into the new building, it is clear that it is laid out differently, that things are going to flow in a different way. There are going to be significant improvements to workflow, which is going to help increase the number of efficiency, which is going to allow more time to be spent on patient care. That will likely result in the re...
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I've already committed to committee in an in-camera briefing that we had that we would provide them with our document that clearly articulates our plan moving forward with colour photos and all the charts and graphs that you want.
I just want to caution the Member: there is no intention at this point in time to make long-term care facilities in our smaller communities. I think I've articulated a number of times why, when it comes to a long-term care facility where you have level 3/4 patients with high needs who require 24/7 care, there is not really the capacity...
That is correct, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, very rapidly yesterday I went through a list of our progress or our intention to move through to accommodate the 258-bed shortfall in the Northwest Territories by 2026. Just for the record, we know that there's a continuing demand that goes beyond 2026, but we're using a 10-year planning horizon at this point to help us start to address the shortages.
What we know is currently the greatest demand is in Yellowknife. Then the area where we had the second-highest level of demand, and one of the more complicated areas, is the Beaufort Delta. Then the next area is...
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I cannot remember at what point in the schedule the Department of Finance will bring forward supplementals identifying when carryovers are required and when carry-overs are needed, but that is something that does come through this House. I cannot remember off the top of my head what the specifics of the last carry-over were, but we will look at the previous financial documents and provide the Member with a list of some of the carryovers from the last budget.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I will have to verify with the Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation, but I believe the facility that the Member is referencing is actually an asset of the Housing Corporation, not the Department of Health and Social Services, and it's my understanding, it's certainly before my time but it's my understanding that that was an independent living unit, not a long-term care facility. Certainly not a level 3/4 long-term care facility.
My comments that I've made with respect to long-term care facilities, level 3/4, stand, but the Member is correct. I mean...
Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I appreciate the Member's comments. The community health centre in Tulita is certainly one that definitely needs to be replaced. There has been a lot of debate in this House about the status of that building, both in this Assembly and the previous Assembly, with things like mice and other critters, if you will, in the facility, and the challenges that has for our staff and for the community.
We are excited to move forward with that facility. What we are looking at, obviously, is to get some work done in the 2018-2019 fiscal year. Hopefully, if everything...
Certainly; pediatric unit.
Thank you Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, with me today on my right is the assistant deputy minister of corporate services, Derek Elkin, and on my left, the director of infrastructure planning, Perry Heath.